Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Makin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music by Billy McComiskey

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Artist NameBilly McComiskey
Album TitleMakin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music
MusiciansBilly McComiskey (accordion), with Sean McGlynn (accordion), Pat Keogh (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar), Donny Golden (feet).
Source and
other information		Green Linnet GLCD 1034, 1981. Recorded in New Canaan, Connecticut. Notes by Billy McComiskey, Jim Erwin, and Mick Moloney.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
2862		 Reel Boogie Reel, The / Reel of Bogie / The Durrow Reel (compare 1st part with 2nd part of Reel of Bogie #1662) (composed by John Nolan)
2 Tune Info
386		 Reel Controversial Reel, The / Billy McComiskey's (3rd in set Jim Coleman's on Drv 4) (also in D) (composed by Billy McComiskey)
21 Tune Info
2863		 JigD Independent, The / Michael Anderson's (composed by Billy McComiskey)
2 Tune Info
1631		 JigD Rabbit in the Field / The Rabbit in the Field (composed by Billy McComiskey, misspelled as Billy McComisky)
31 Tune Info
2864		 Reel Bill Hoare's / Bill Hoare's Reel (also in D)
2 Tune Info
1185		 Reel Maid in the Cherry Tree / An Gearrchaile sa gCrann Silíní / The Curragh Races / The Hare in the Corn / The Humors of Old Knockaney / The Humours of Old Knockaney / Humours of Old Knockaney / Coleman's Fancy / Mick Flaherty's (also in D or E) (compare The Jolly Seven #2671)
41 Tune Info
1443		 Hpipe O'Donnell's Hornpipe
2 Tune Info
1804		 Hpipe Spellan the Fiddler
51 Tune Info
571		 JigD Eddie Kelly's / Eddie Kelly's Jig / Martin Talty's / McGreavy's
2 Tune Info
1300		 JigD Miss Casey's / Miss Casey's Jig / Miss Casey / The Orphan (mislabeled as Sean Ryan's in one place in the printed matter for KClns) (also in A Major) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Denis Cooney's #4826)
61 Tune Info
2086		 SetD Woods' Lamentation / Woods Lamentation / Wood's Lamentation
71 Tune Info
646		 Reel Flowers of Brooklyn, The (also in G) (composed by Billy McComiskey)
2 Tune Info
1543		 Reel Palm Tree, The / An Crann Pailme (also in D or C) (composed by Billy McComiskey)
81 Tune Info
2865		 Slide Peter Murphy's
2 Tune Info
2866		 Slide Mick Flaherty's
91 Tune Info
986		 Reel Johnny Allen's / Johnny Allen's Reel / Johnny Allen / Sean McGlynn's Fancy / Sean McGlynn's / An Bhean Tincéara / An Bhean Tinceare / Bean a' Tincéara / Ban Tinceiri / The Tinkerman's Wife (also singled, also with additional part between 1st and 2nd) (compare single jig Ask My Father #91)
2 Tune Info
1813		 Reel Sporting Nell / Sporting Nellie / Nell Spraíúil / Gorman's / Gorman's Reel / Johnny Gorman's / Geary's Reel (also in A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Gorman's #962)
101 Tune Info
1591		 SetD Planxty Davis / Dha Uilliam Daíbhís / The Two William Davises / Battle of Killicrankie / Killekrankie / Killiekrankie / Killicranky / Gilliekrankie (composed by Thomas Connelan? (definitely predates Carolan))
111 Tune Info
2867		 Hpipe Windsor Terrace (composed by Billy McComiskey)
2 Tune Info
1725		 Hpipe Sault's Own Hornpipe / Saults / Saults No. 2 / Saul's Own Hornpipe / Sean Ryan's (1st in set The Rights of Man on FR) (also in F) (mistakenly credited to Sean Ryan on WFO 2)
121 Tune Info
656		 Reel Follow Me Down to Carlow / Follow Me Up to Carlow / Follow Me Down / Bí Liom / An Ríl Cam / The Crooked Reel / Miss Murphy / Bonnie Annie / Dinny Delaney's (also in A or E, also singled; 2nd part has widely different settings, included here) (compare as song #657 and as slide #3233)
2 Tune Info
2868		 Reel Set the Clock (composed by Billy McComiskey)
131 Tune Info
2035		 JigD Wandering Minstrel, The / Wandering Minstrel / An Ceoltóir Fánach / The Dandy Scholar / Jackson's / Michael Coleman's / The Fair Maidens / Merry Maiden / Willy Walsh's (compare Willy Walsh's; compare 1st 2 parts with Wandering Minstrel #4882; compare 1st part with 1st part of The Merry Maiden included here)
2 Tune Info
1294		 JigD Millpond, The / The Mill Pond / The Lough Gill / The Cashel Jig / Paddy Cartys
141 Tune Info
1112		 Reel Leave My Way (also in G)
2 Tune Info
310		 Reel Chicago Reel, The / Chicago / The Portlaw Reel
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